Four killed as truck falls into canal in West BengalOctober 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - Four people were killed when a truck hit a guard rail and fell into a canal on Jessore Road in West Bengal's Howrah district Sunday, police said. The accident occurred when the driver of the truck, heading to Barasat in North 24-Parganas district from Howrah, lost control of the vehhicle.
Maoist shutdown call has little impact in West BengalAugust 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
KOLKATA - A two-day shutdown called by the Maoists in five states beginning Monday, to demand the release of two of its arrested members, had negligible impact in West Bengal, police said. "The shutdown hardly (had an) impact on the normal life in three West Bengal districts - Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore - which are considered as Maoist strongholds in the state," Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purakayastha told IANS.
West Bengal Transport Minister passes awayAugust 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Minister for Transport, Sports and Youth Affairs Subhas Chakraborty passed away at a private hospital in Salt Lake on Monday. Sixty-eight-year-old Chakraborty is survived by his wife and a son.
Violence in Uttar Pradesh town after truck mows down threeJuly 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A mob torched two police posts, a post office and several vehicles after a truck crushed three people to death and injured two dozen more in the main market of Mau town in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, police said. Although officials have confirmed only three deaths, eyewitnesses claim that over a dozen people were killed by the truck allegedly driven by a drunk driver.
Maoists and civil liberties groups nexus in West Bengal: ChakrabortyJune 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has said a nexus exists between Maoist and civil liberties groups in West Bengal. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Chakraborti said, "NGOs like the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) have emerged as the frontline organisations of Maoist groups.
Left blames TMC-Congress combine for W.Bengal naxal attacksJune 17th, 2009 New Delhi/Kolkata, June 17 (ANI): The Left on Wednesday blamed the Trinamool Congress-Congress combine for the naxal attacks in West Bengal that claimed the lives of three Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders earlier today. CPM politburo member Brinda Karat said: "The TMC-Congress combine is responsible for the violence that has broken out in West Bengal.
Government worried over Bengal violence: ChidambaramJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said the government is "worried about the consequences" of the violence in West Bengal where three activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were killed by suspected Maoists Wednesday.
Speeding truck mows down mother, daughterJune 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter were crushed to death Monday when a speeding truck hit from behind the motorcycle they were riding pillion on, police said. The husband, who was driving the bike, escaped unhurt.
West Bengal governor condemns poll violenceJune 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - Condemning the recent poll-related violence in West Bengal, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Tuesday said such "purposeless violence" was "a matter of regret". "Reports of violence between supporters of different political formations in the wake of elections in our state are a matter of regret.
Tripura gives Rs.5 mn to cyclone-hit West BengalJune 2nd, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura Tuesday decided to give Rs.5 million to cyclone-hit West Bengal to help in the relief relief efforts. "The people of Tripura are confident that with the resilience of the people and the adequate support of the central government, the West Bengal government would come out of this situation," Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said in a letter to his West Bengal counterpart Bhudhadeb Bhattacharjee.
West Bengal Left Front fears violence during pollsApril 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Thursday expressed apprehension about violence during the first-phase elections in 14 constituencies in the state April 30. The state's northern part, which has witnessed several agitations demanding separate states, and the wewstern districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia - where Moaists have some presence - go to the polls in the first round.
CPI-M confident of defeating Congress-Trinamool allianceApril 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) faces a tough fight in the Lok Sabha elections but would get a majority of seats in West Bengal, the party's general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday. 'We will have a tough battle in the elections, but we have faced situations in the past when the opposition had virtually come together without an alliance,' Karat told reporters in response to the Congress and Trinamool Congress joining hands in the state.
Prayers for success of Congress-Trinamool in West BengalMarch 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Activists of Trinamool Congress and Congress party organised a yagna here for the success of the alliance of these two parties in the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. This was consequent to the finalisation of the tie-up and sharing of seats between the two parties in West Bengal.
Two killed in West Bengal road accidentFebruary 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two people were killed when a truck collided with a taxi Sunday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said. The police said the accident happened due to poor visibility because of morning fog.
70 percent of trucks stay off roads in West BengalJanuary 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Nearly 70 percent of trucks in West Bengal remained off the road, while none of the 15,000 trucks, scheduled to go out of the state daily, moved on the second day of the nationwide strike Tuesday. The indefinite strike was called by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).
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